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wryter2000

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10. I lived through the Oakland hills fire

Reply to at140 (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 2, 2021, 03:03 PM

Oct 2021

I'll take the quake any day over that. And you might get a warning about a tornado, but you can't exactly move your house out of the way.

A huge quake can be horribly destructive, but the smaller ones are usually fine if you live in a place where building codes take quakes into account.

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That was a hell of a shaker [View all] wryter2000 Oct 2021 OP

3.5 in San Leandro at 12:22 NullTuples Oct 2021 #1

That could make someone notice in Oakland! vanlassie Oct 2021 #3

Sure got my attention wryter2000 Oct 2021 #6

That's it wryter2000 Oct 2021 #4

Must have been a jolter blm Oct 2021 #17

It was a jolt all right wryter2000 Oct 2021 #18

Stay safe, Wryter & All! SheltieLover Oct 2021 #2

Thanks wryter2000 Oct 2021 #5

Earthquakes scare me more than hurricanes, wild fires and being on Titanic at140 Oct 2021 #7

I lived through the Oakland hills fire wryter2000 Oct 2021 #10

I can get in my car and drive away with warnings of approaching forest fires at140 Oct 2021 #13

Rubble only happens in big quakes wryter2000 Oct 2021 #14

Agreed, Richter scale has meaning! nt at140 Oct 2021 #16

The Nisqually MFM008 Oct 2021 #11

Yeah, that's a bad one wryter2000 Oct 2021 #15

I'll never forget my two biggest quakes. Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #8

Hey, we were there for both of those and remember Hortensis Oct 2021 #12

I'll never forget watching the sidewalk roll during an aftershock in 1971. Binkie The Clown Oct 2021 #19

Yes, that's an awesome experience! A whole different picture Hortensis Oct 2021 #20

I spending the night in Beverly Hills because I needed to go to Spain's Embassy MLAA Oct 2021 #9